haben
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German haben, from Old High German habēn (akin to Old Saxon hebbian, Old Norse hafa (Swedish hava/ha), Old Frisian habba, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban), Old English habban), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”). Cognate with Dutch hebben, English have, Danish have.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːbən/, [ˈhäːbn̩], [ˈhäːbm̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ham/ (common; particularly in the present tense, occasionally also in the infinitive)
Note: In Germany it is written in IPA:
[ä] and [a] is the same sound here.
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VerbEdit
haben (irregular, third-person singular present hat, past tense hatte, past participle gehabt, past subjunctive hätte, auxiliary haben)
- (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
- Das habe ich nicht gesagt. ― I haven't said that.
- (transitive) to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
- (transitive) to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
- Glaub und hab keine Angst.
- Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear.
- (transitive) to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
- (transitive) to get (to receive)
- (transitive) to have (to be scheduled to attend)
- (transitive) to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
- (transitive, of units of measure) to contain, be composed of, equal
- Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter.
- There are 100 centimetres in one metre.
- (literally, “One metre has 100 centimetres.”)
- (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
- Es hat zwei Bücher.
- There are two books.
- (reflexive, colloquial) to make a fuss
- Hab dich nicht so!
- Don't make such a fuss!
- (colloquial, with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
- Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden.
- I'm not a great fan of dogs.
- (literally, “I don't have it that much with dogs.”)
- (colloquial, with es and von or über) to talk about
- Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin.
- We've just been talking about you and your girlfriend.
- (literally, “We just had it about you and your girlfriend.”)
ConjugationEdit
| infinitive | haben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | habend | ||||
| past participle | gehabt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich habe | wir haben | i | ich habe | wir haben |
| du hast | ihr habt | du habest | ihr habet | ||
| er hat | sie haben | er habe | sie haben | ||
| preterite | ich hatte | wir hatten | ii | ich hätte | wir hätten |
| du hattest | ihr hattet | du hättest | ihr hättet | ||
| er hatte | sie hatten | er hätte | sie hätten | ||
| imperative | hab (du) habe (du) |
habt (ihr) | |||
Colloquially, hab (also written hab') is often used as the first person singular of the present indicative, instead of habe.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
VerbEdit
haben
- Alternative form of haven (“to have”)
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, whence also Old Saxon hebbian, Old English habban, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”), whence also Latin capiō.
VerbEdit
habēn
- to have
ConjugationEdit
| infinitive | habēn | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | habem | habeta |
| 2nd person singular | habes | habetos |
| 3rd person singular | habet | habeta |
| 1st person plural | habem, habemes | habetum, habetumes |
| 2nd person plural | habet | habetut |
| 3rd person plural | habent | habetun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | habe | habeti |
| 2nd person singular | habes | habetis |
| 3rd person singular | habe | habeti |
| 1st person plural | habem, habemes | habetim, habetimes |
| 2nd person plural | habet | habetit |
| 3rd person plural | haben | habetin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | habe | |
| plural | habet | |
| participle | present | past |
| habenti | gihabet | |